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IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING-BAG' FRAMES.

CORNELIUS AN II ZACHARIAH WALSH, QF NEWARK," NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS T0 CORNELIUS WALSH.

Letters Patent No. 60,448, dated December 11, 1865.

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Be it known that we, CORNELIUS WA'LsH, and ZACHAMAH WALSH, of Newark, Essex county, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Frame for Travelling-Bags; and we do hereby declare that the lfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is an inner view of our invention in an open or distended state.

Figure 2, a side view of the same in a closed state.

y Figure 3, an inner view oil` a frame as at present constructed, drawn with a view of showing the difference between it andour invention. i

I Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved frame/fortravelling-bags, of that class, which are constructed wholly of metal. The object of the invention is to obtain a travelling-bag frame of the class specied, which will be light and still strong and durable, and eapable'of being constructed more economically or at a less cost, than they are now manufactured. The invention consists in having` what is commmonly termed the band, the part under or within which one of the jaws or bows of the frame passes when closed, so arranged as to form the principle part of the other jaw or bow, and having said band stayed or braced by a bar, which with the band completes said jaw or bow, the ends of the band being connected byjoints, with the ends of the other jaw or bowas"hereinafter fully shown and described.

A, figs. 1 and 2, represents one of the jaws or bows, of an improved'travelling-bag frame.V This jaw or bow, is constructed in the usual manner, it being formed out of aiat strip of metal, curved or bent in the ordinary bow form, as shown in figs. l and 2. A represents the other jaw or bow, which is also constructed `out of a iiat strip oi' metal, curved or bent in the usual form, but having a position vin its transverse section, at-

right angles to theY jaw, or bow, A. The ends of the -jaw or bow, A, are bent over to form loops or eyes, a, through which, and the ends of the jaw or bow, A, pintles, I), pass said eyes, and pintles forming joints or hinges which connect the two jaws or bows. The jaw or bow, A', is stayed or braced by a flat bar, B, the ends of which are cut to form tenons, c, to pass through holes in the jaw Qr bow, A, said tenons being headed or riveted at their outer ends on the exterior of A. This bar B, is also connected to thejaw or bow, A', by brackets, dal,

shown elearly'in iig. 1. This bar B, serves as a bearing for the jaw or bow A, when the two jaws or bows are closed, said bar having the lock C, 'attached to it, and the jaw or bow A, covering A, when the two are in contact. The old mode of construction, shown in iig. 3, is composed of two bows, D D', constructed precisely alike, f

and connected by hinge joints, c c, with a band, E, attached to D', by brackets, f, the band E, covering the pin D, when the two bowsare closed. This band E, frequently becomes loose at its ends, the latter being liable to catch into articles. I The bows are not as stiff as those in our improvement, the hinges c are liable to `become broken if the bows be bent or twisted out of proper shape or position. More labor is required in their constructionand also more stock. Our invention has extremely strong hinges or joints, and the bow A formsthe band, while the latter is firmly stayed or braced, by the bar B, and will bear bending or twisting without irreparably injuring it.v

Having thus discribed'our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The combination ofjaws AA', with the ends a,.as described, the bar B, with tenonsic, secured in thejaw A, all constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose herein specilied.

CORNELIUS WALSH, ZACHARIAH WALSH.

Witnesses:

JouN L. G. Caminamos, for C. WALSH, Gartner Sii-unisono, for ZAenAnIAu WALSH, EDWARD H. KNIGHT. 

